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<br />h ":'.-'J <br />.' <br /> <br />. <br />1 <br />, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />;'.', <br /> <br />'.l <br /> <br />r <br /> <br />CD <br />~ <br /> <br />(--.... <br />-" <br /> <br />~-) <br /> <br />r;--, <br />-' <br /> <br />)"1 <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />\ <br /> <br />. . <br /> <br />-1 <br /> <br />" . <br /> <br />In'lg,1tlon Srl1<'(I\lllnr, in (,1:',10(\ Vn1.l~y - Colorado <br /> <br />~x~ellent' coop~ration ha5 becn'received from the ~1I11.er <br /> <br />uscrs nnu their orgnnizatlonG ill sctting up the irrigntion Gchedulin(; <br /> <br />pro!j\"nm in the Grand Valley o.rea. Thero were 45 f/lrm owne\'c; wl10 <br /> <br />participl\ted in this proCrnm during the last irrigation SeaGOll which <br /> <br />was aimed at improving irrication efficiencies and related Galinity <br /> <br />control. <br /> <br />Over one thouGand acres of c~ltivated land were included <br />1 _.' <br /> <br />in tho program, consisting of about 90 individual fielde nnd,each <br />'. . <br /> <br />field being considered as a separate entity by tho computer.. <br /> <br />A wide dietribution'~ffarms in the Grand Valley area <br /> <br />Ii <br /> <br />pl\rticipated in the program' as can be scen on th,~ map on thc ncxt <br />, <br /> <br />pngc. <br /> <br />., <br />The black cir~les with numbers indieateG each of the [anos. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />^ computer fun waG madc weekly and update inform,)tion waG m.1il"d to <br />l; <br /> <br />each of the participants. ViGits were made to each field by water <br /> <br />management GpecialiGtG each week to compara ,the allalYGis made by the <br /> <br />computer with actual field conditions, <br /> <br />Crops that were. scheduled during the 1972 irrigation soason <br /> <br />wcre field corn. both for grain and silenge, swont eorll, .pastU1:e. <br /> <br />.. <br />alfalfa, small grains, sugar.beets, fruit orchards and experimental <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />flowers and flower scads. <br /> <br />Climatic data for the valley waG obtained d~ily, connlating <br /> <br />of 001n1' rlldintion. maximum ond min!.m"m tempel:'<ltur<.'s, dcw pnlnt, wind <br /> <br />ll'lIvel, \"Illacive hWlIldtty und prcc11'!.l.1t.Jon. All. the ilhov(~ d ;",.1cic <br /> <br />V;lca wan o\>cllincd IlC the Ciollnd <br /> <br />, . ' <br />. ~, .; .' ..,.. ",' . , ,'. " <br />Junccionoirporc by the Weilchrr <br />; <br /> <br />lhll'CuU <br />